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Could you make Acetone from boiling seashells and wood vinegar as said in Dr. Stone? I haven't found anything online that says whether or not it will work.

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  • https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/61408/chalk-and-vinegar https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/12250/why-is-it-acetone – Mithoron Apr 21 '21 at 23:40
  • Isn't that making acetone from acetic acid and calcium carbonate not methanol and calcium carbonate – gooberman420 Apr 21 '21 at 23:43
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    No, it's not. https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/143645/make-acetic-acid-from-wood – Mithoron Apr 21 '21 at 23:48
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    I think I'll try this in real life to test it out. I believe Dr. Stone uses the acetic acid contained in the wood vinegar and reacts it with the seashells to make acetone as you described. Thanks a lot @Mithoron. – gooberman420 Apr 22 '21 at 00:10
  • Who is Dr. Stone and why is it related to Chemistry? Am I missing something? – Desai Apr 22 '21 at 13:16
  • Dr. Stone is a manga and now anime which has a lot of science in it – gooberman420 Apr 22 '21 at 18:03
  • If calcium carbonate is reacted with acetic acid, this mixture produced a solution of calcium acetate. If now this solution is evaporated, the solvant water will disappear and pure calcium acetate is obtained. And if calcium acetate is pyrolized, ift produce acetone according to the following equation $$\ce{Ca(CH3COO)2 -> CH3COCH3 + CaCO3}$$. This is the way acetone was produced for the first time in History. And this is even the reason why acetone got this name instead of the correct propanone. The word "acetone" comes from "acetate" in a time where the organic chemistry was in infancy. – Maurice Apr 22 '21 at 20:28
  • Yea I know you can make acetone from acetic acid, but I didn't know there was acetic acid in wood vinegar so I thought the wood vinegar was just methanol – gooberman420 Apr 22 '21 at 20:29

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